Antoine Mboumbou Miyakou

Antoine de Padoue Mboumbou Miyakou (12 March 1937 – 20 April 2024) was a Gabonese politician who served in the government of Gabon from 1982 to 2006 and was President of the Economic and Social Council of Gabon from 2006 to 2012. He also served as a Vice-President of the Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG).

Life and career Mboumbou Miyakou was born on 12 March 1937 in Mayumba, located in the south of Gabon. He was Prefect of Haut-Ogooué Province from January 1974 to December 1975 and Governor of Haut-Ogooué Province from December 1975 to October 1981; His ministerial portfolio was altered in March 1994, when he was appointed Minister of the Interior, Local Collectivities, and Mobile Security. He was then moved to the position of Minister of Transport, Merchant Marine, and Fishing, in charge of Tourism and the National Parks, in November 1994. He was promoted to the position of Minister of State for the Interior, Public Security, and Decentralization in 1995. He was instead appointed Deputy Prime Minister for Relations with Parliament, in charge of the Missions and Follow-up of Interministerial Commissions, on 3 June 2005.

President Bongo appointed Mboumbou Miyakou as President of the Economic and Social Council on 19 January 2006. He remained in that post until July 2012, when he was succeeded by Paul Biyoghé Mba. On 10 June 2014, he was appointed Political Adviser to the President, Ali Bongo.

Mboumbou Miyakou died on 20 April 2024, at the age of 87.